We Liked Each Other, but Didn't Start Dating Until College

(A straightforward romance novel, with no shady schemes.)

In high school, Ye Chenyao pretended to be a bad student and confessed to his senior, Jiang Dongwan, only to be rejected.

After the college entrance exams, Ye Chenyao enrolled at B University as the province's top scorer, hoping to find the girl he'd never forgotten.

After having dinner with his new roommates, he was on his way back to campus when he ran into the senior he'd been longing to see. But a senior who appeared out of nowhere kept “interrupting” them, much to Ye Chenyao's distress.

After failing to get what he wanted, the senior started stirring up trouble.

In mid-October, they went back to that flower garden. This time, when Jiang Dongwan and Ye Chenyao left, their relationship had changed.

Years later, at the university's hundredth anniversary celebration, Ye Chenyao returned to B University as a rising star in computer science to give a speech. Looking at the girl in the audience, he took out the box he'd prepared long ago...